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polyhormonal

polyhormonal adjective: involving or relating to more than one hormone.

Adjective

polyhormonal (not comparable)

  1. Involving or relating to more than one hormone.
    • Many in vitro differentiation protocols generate polyhormonal endocrine cells that co-express insulin, glucagon and the transcription factor Aristaless Related Homeobox (ARX).2015 December 4, “The Role of ARX in Human Pancreatic Endocrine Specification”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of polyhormonal

From poly- + hormonal.

Questions about polyhormonal

What does polyhormonal mean?
Polyhormonal means involving or relating to more than one hormone.
What part of speech is polyhormonal?
Polyhormonal is an adjective.

Words near polyhormonal in the dictionary

  1. polyholohedry
  2. polyhomeostatic
  3. polyhomeotic
  4. polyhomonucleotide
  5. polyhomonucleotides
  6. polyhormonal
  7. polyhostal
  8. polyhouse
  9. polyhouses
  10. polyhued
  11. polyhumic

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